Tired of people knocking on the door of your booth during that perfect take? Or perhaps you could use a visual reminder to help you stay focused during working hours. Or maybe you just deserve a cool treat to add to your studio decor! Harlan Hogan’s Voice Over Essentials VO Recording Sign is on sale through tomorrow! Save $24.99 and get a free remote control switch, too, so you can flip the switch from your copy stand! Check it out!

In the mean time: Read & Learn from Talent Agent Jeffrey Umberger | Voicebank U.

I just noticed an article for voiceover people there, titled Keep Giving Them You, Until You Is What They Want. Of course, it’s for everyone–they weren’t specifically thinking of us when they wrote it. But they might as well have.

You’ll like the article. But if you don’t have time, there’s enough wisdom just in the title. I’m sticking it on my copy stand right next to my favorite Oscar Wilde quote: “Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken. I’m convinced that these two messages combine to become the Best Voiceover Advice Ever.

Don’t delay!

“Unless you dig clay from the earth, use your hands to form a pot, grind rocks to make paint, gather wood to build the fire to bake the pot and then stand by the side of the road to sell the pot, you probably have to spend at least a little money to be in business…

Read more on the blog of  « Connie Terwilliger – ISDN Voice Talent.

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VOICEOVER PROFESSIONALS LINE UP TO SIGN UP FOR FAFFCON 4

Ventura Beach, CA, January 5^th, 2012 – Registration opens this Friday, January 6^th, for FaffCon 4: the voiceover unconference. Slated for 3 days in sunny Ventura Beach, it’s the first time the event for working voiceover professionals has come to California.

FaffCon, the semi-annual peer to peer learning event, is unique in that it is the only event serving those actively working in the voiceover industry – and so focuses specifically on those topics of interest to working professionals.  Through the unconference format, the attendees themselves determine the content and set the agenda on-site thereby guaranteeing a schedule that covers precisely those areas of interest to the group.  It’s a format particularly well suited to an industry where professionals may work in many different genres, yet share the same challenges and it’s the first time this underserved population has had a professional development event of its own.

Voicebank.net, the voiceover casting network for industry pros, is presenting sponsor of the event. “Voicebank.net looks forward to the fourth FaffCon event in Ventura” says CEO Jeff Hixon. “We have been one of the supporting sponsors of FaffCon since the very beginning and feel that it is one of the most important voiceover events in the industry.”

FaffCon 4 runs from March 23^rd to 25^th kicking off on the 23^rd with the FaffCon Friday Field Trip, a mixer that will be held on a private whale-watching excursion.

Registration opens on Friday January 6^th at 9am Pacific Time / 12 Noon Eastern at www.Faffcon.com  and is limited to 100 qualified attendees.    FaffCon 3, held in September 2011 in Harrisburg, PA, sold out quickly and it’s expected this fourth event will do so as well.

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About FaffCon

FaffCon is a participant driven peer to peer event for working voiceover professionals.  It is an open space unconference revolving around a dynamically generated agenda to share tips, generate ideas and have fun. Unconferences are an emerging way to meet fellow professionals to share ideas and problem solve with others in the trenches.

 About Voicebank.net

Launched in 1998 and recognized as the service that “put the voiceover industry online”, Voicebank’s voiceover audition system is the most widely used casting software on the Web. It is the primary casting and project management tool used by more than 1600 top Ad Agencies, Animation Houses & TV/Film Studios, Independent Producers, Production Facilities and Casting Directors (voiceover & theatrical) around the world.

Today’s “must read” comes from Doug Turkel

Anyway, Doug has crafted a list of things you want to be thinking about as you launch your 2012. As he puts it, “Most of the items below won’t take you much time, but you’ll get loads of benefits: more time, more money, better control of your career and happier, more loyal clients.”

Read it here:  30+ Ways to Strengthen Your Voiceover Business.

Read more here: The Voice of Your Business Blog Be One of the Faffcon 100!”.

That phrase sums up, to the best of my ability, what I think of Faffcon. It’s been a bit over a week since I returned home from Faffcon 3. My head is still buzzing and swimming from all that I experienced and learned there. It’s almost impossible to explain Faffcon to someone who hasn’t attended at least one, because from the outside it sounds like it would be chaotic. I mean, you show up and there’s no set agenda? You don’t even know who is going to be speaking, much less what they’ll be talking about?

Exactly. And this is a big part of the reason that the sum of Faffcon is greater than the parts. Each of us who was there at Faffcon 3 had something valuable to contribute; but the value received (at least for me) was far more than I expected.

Read the rest on » The Voiceover Boblog.

How much money are you leaving on the table due to voiceover business mistakes?

It’s a new year! We here at FaffCon hope that your 2012 is full of everything positive and profitable. Even if you’re not big into New Year’s resolutions, you’re surely thinking about what you want from your voice over business in 2012–setting achievable annual, quarterly, and monthly goals, right?

And, if you’re like me, your goals include improving your standard of service and booking more work. So, let’s all review a terrific article that David Goldberg,  Edge Studio‘s owner and director, wrote for Voice Over Xtra:

Why Many Voice Talent Aren’t Hired
(Are You Making These Mistakes, Too?)

I hope you find these insights from the other side of the glass helpful as you get ready to take on the new year. What are you going to do differently in 2012?  (Answer in the comments.) I hope I’ll get to see you at FaffCon 4 this coming March–if so, I’d love to hear about how this is going for you!

Happy New Year!
Amy